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TESTS MATERIAL AND CAVE RESCUE TECHNIQUES
By Christian Dodelin from France 5 meeting cave
rescue in Croatia
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The first searches concern the stretcher
Switzerland (1997)
Civière Castin (1976) France

• Stretcher
• Civière
• Camilla
• Maca
• Nosila
• Nosze
• Rettungstrage

Great Britain (1997)
Romania (1999)
Steinberg Italia (2000)
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TSA (1997)
Castin (1978)
STRETCHERS in France, from (Dr) Castin to the
Nest by Petzl We pass by TSA of G. Marbach
Nest (2011)
The dates are those of pictures
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Petzl is doing the material specific for caving,
bringing more safety and finding solutions for
jammer, descender and pulley. The conditions in
the cave are hard with water and mud.

• In seventies G. Marbach published
•  Techniques Speleo alpines 
• He tests and studies the different types
• of ropes
• Knots
• Anchorages

In  Spelunca , national publication in France,
we find articles about tests on the new material.
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• In eighties, in vertical way, we use
• 2 ropes (traction and safety)
• The traction was only palan
• The deviation pullies were fixed on the rock

To extract the pullies we had to take in charge
the stretcher on one rope and keep other free
just a short time and take of one pulley. Later
we changed the tension on the rope for other
pulley. 2 teams at the top for each rope. The
leader coordinate the exercise
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Before the end of eighties With the Italian
Knot we have releasable pulley We use several
knots for anchorage We test new prototype of
pulley and agree the system hauling with
counterweight We use only one rope to support the
stretcher on tyrolean
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TESTS by SSF on techniques and materials of cave
rescue
1994 1996 2005 in laboratory of PETZL
Establishment, at Crolles, France
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We got informations during several minutes from 2
dynamometers in the same time with registration
on computer. We could have informations before,
during and after a fall
We can put the material in the same
configuration than in rescue operation
We took some used material of 2 ,5, 10, 15
years. (Ropes, carabineers, jammers,
pullies, descenders,...) On short distance the
condition were unfavourable.
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We tested the three load sharing anchors,
eight knot, rabbit knot,
stopper knot, Changing the ropes with different
diameters , ages, statics
or dynamic, dry or wet,
We tested different hauling techniques Palan,
Counterweights, tyrolean and different solutions
for the tension of the rope.
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We could see the capacities and limits of the
different equipments and their possibilities
using.
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Informatics report is published in French
Inside the  cave rescuers manual, We have some
results and technique indications
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5 meeting of cave rescue in Croatia - September
2011 about Material, Techniques and Tests in Cave
Rescue
By Christian Dodelin, Spéléo Secours Français,
France
Pictures in April 1992